Fate

Narrative-focused RPG — descriptive 'aspects' drive characters and scenes, resolved with four-sided Fate dice.

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What is Fate?

Fate is a narrative-focused RPG system published by Evil Hat Productions from 2003. Character sheets describe personalities through short evocative 'aspects' ('Faster than a speeding bullet', 'Owe a debt to the crime boss'); players spend a shared 'Fate points' currency to invoke them for bonuses. Resolution uses four special Fate dice (each with +, blank, - faces). Fate Core and Fate Accelerated are the two standard cores.

Quick facts

Category

Tabletop Role-Playing

Type

Team sport

Players

3–6

Where played

indoor

Country of origin

🇺🇸 United States

Estimated origin

2003, Fred Hicks & Rob Donoghue (Evil Hat Productions)

Olympic

No

Popularity

regional

Sources & provenance

Last verified 2026-08-24.verified